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Complete Bladder Removal

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 51570

Open operation to remove the whole bladder. Because urine can no longer be stored, a new route out of the body has to be built for it, and that reconstruction is handled as a separate part of the operation. Removing pelvic lymph nodes is not part of this version.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Complete Bladder Removal cost?

$3,778

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,778 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,754 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,023 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,754$1,862 to $3,236
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,023$575 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $380 to $7,244Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $3,981
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,023professional $2,754

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$29,512.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,548.13
11 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$851.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$588.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$588.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$588.84

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 11.6 times more in Maine than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

North Carolina· 26th of 51

$3,778

$2,754 physician + $1,023 facility

ME $24,998MD $2,147

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.